The Second Young Playwrights Latino Challenge Reaches An All High with
82 PLAY SUBMISSIONS!

Thanks to the support of Time Warner and JPMorgan Chase, TeatroStageFest 2008 fosters the spirit of achievement in high school students with the city-wide playwriting competition. In an all high, 82 plays were submitted to this year’s contest – over 100% increase from last year! Don’t miss the YPLC Awards Ceremony at the Apollo Theater on June 14 to hear the First Prize play performed by members of the award-winning Labyrinth Theater Company.

If you are a high school student, be sure to join the Young Playwrights Latino Challenge Community at
myspace.com/latinochallenge

Get your tickets today for New York's annual celebration of great theater from New York, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain.  Productions and events are performed bilingually, in English, or in Spanish with live interpretation or supertitles. A Festival for All Audiences! 

See Spain’s Teatro La Zaranda in Los Que Ríen Los Últimos (Those Who Last Laugh), the magical epic journey of a group of Andalucian ragtag performers, and Carlota Llano in Mujeres en La Guerra (Women in War), a gripping portrayal of four real-life women who bravely face war-torn days in Colombia. Teatro de Chile’s cutting edge Narciso (Narcissus) blends physical theater and pop music, and Teatro Doble Ve´s Harina and Guardavidas (Flour and Lifeguard) reveal “the other” Argentina we rarely hear about.

From New York comes Repertorio Español with its comedic stage adaptation of Brazilian novel Doña Flor y sus dos Maridos (Doña Flora and her two husbands) starring former Miss Universe Denise Quiñones and telenovela’s leading man Francisco Gatorno. Bronx based Hostos Repertory Company’s Borinquen Lives in El Barrio is a politically charged drama about the cultural contradictions of a Puerto Rican family in East Harlem. Thalia Spanish Theatre’s Picasso Flamencount of Orgaz, journeys into the mind and art of Pablo Picasso, and Teatro SEA's premiere of the classic children’s zarzuela La Muela del Rey Farfán (The Toothache of King Farfán) launches TeatroStageFamily for kids of all ages!

TeatroStageFest 2008 and The New York Times salute Broadway's talento with two TimesTalks featuring John Leguizamo (Freak), Lin Manuel Miranda (In The Heights), Bianca Marroquin (Chicago), and Graciela Daniele (Ragtime). The popular Artist Panel Series at Instituto Cervantes reveals the artistic process of actors, directors, playwrights and opera singers.
The return of our celebrated Concert and Comedy Nights at Joe's Pub spotlights not-to-be-missed solo performances by Bianca Marroquin, legendary multi-Grammy nominated Bobby Sanabria and his Quarteto Aché, and INTAR Theater’s stand-up comedy divas Marga Gómez and Camelita Tropicana.

 

 

Jose W. Fernandez Chairperson & Co-Founder

Susana Tubert Executive Producer & Co-Founder